Colin Mochrie

Colin Mochrie is a Scottish-born Canadian performer known for improv comedy. He performed with Vancouver's TheatreSports League from 1980 and spent three years with Toronto's Second City, writing and acting in productions and directing its touring company. He became a familiar face through Whose Line Is It Anyway?, first as a regular on the British version, then on every episode of both American runs, which started in 1998 and resumed in 2013. On Canadian television he co-wrote and starred in the sitcoms Getting Along Famously and She's the Mayor, and he appeared in Blackfly and This Hour Has 22 Minutes. He also toured North America with Brad Sherwood in a two-man stage show and published Not Quite the Classics, a short story collection, in 2013. His career honors include two Canadian Comedy Awards, a Gemini, and a Writers Guild of Canada award, and in 2013 the Canadian Comedy Awards named him Canadian Comedy Person of the Year.